Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/27/23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF J.T. Sanders Notice is hereby given that on the 11th day of April, 2023, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of J.T. Sanders, Deceased, who died on the 31st day of March 2023, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims,…
Read MoreObit – Mr. David “Buckwheat” Robinson
Mr. David “Buckwheat” Robinson of the Turkey Creek Community died peacefully three days before his 66th birthday at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning April 18, 2023 at his Turkey Creek Highway home. He was pronounced deceased at 6:44 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville. A memorial Celebration of Life from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Brenda Reece Marshall
Mrs. Brenda Reece Marshall of Sevierville and a former resident of Mount Juliet died at the age of 73 on Wednesday evening April 12, 2023 and was pronounced deceased by Smoky Mountain Health and Hospice at 8:30 p.m. at her Stroud Drive home in Sevierville following an extended illness. Mrs. Marshall was at the Atchley…
Read MoreNEXT LEVEL TALENT; Owls’ trio continue gridiron careers
By Shea Haile Courier Sports CARTHAGE — Last fall, the Smith County High Owls football program saw the 2022 unit reignite the Black-and-Gold fan base and set the stage for blockbuster games featuring the Owls in Carthage. Three senior Owls that were instrumental in the team’s success: Bryce Currie, Jimmy Enoch and Dane Woodard have…
Read MoreGuilty verdict in murder trial
By Eddie West Staff Writer A Smith County jury has found a man guilty of first degree murder in the 2019 death of a South Carthage resident. The case involved the April 2019 death of Jason Taylor Neusse, 43, who was discovered beaten to death inside a former tobacco warehouse located on Hunter Avenue beside…
Read MoreCordell Hull Lake turns 50
By Eddie West Staff Writer Cordell Hull Lake is celebrating its Fiftieth anniversary this year. Construction on the Cordell Hull Dam, which led to the impoundment of the Cordell Lake began in 1963 and was completed in 1973. Throughout the year the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) along with help from the newly formed…
Read MoreTaco Bell coming to site
By Eddie West Staff Writer A new restaurant is coming to Carthage. The new restaurant will be a Taco Bell, an official says. The restaurant will be located at the intersection of Upper Ferry Road and the Carthage/Highway 25 Bypass (Walmart intersection). The site is located next to the building which houses Verizon and Blackwell…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/20/23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Barbara Ann Billington Notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of April, 2023, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Barbara Ann Billington, Deceased, who died on the 23rd day of March 2023, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Shirley Oliver Smith
Mrs. Shirley Oliver Smith of the Pleasant Shade Community died at 9:45 p.m. at the age of 81 on April 15, 2023 at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette where she had made her home since November 25, 2006 suffering from multiple sclerosis, Mrs. Smith had been a resident at Knollwood Manor longer than any other…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Hattie Jane Papagna Carr
Mrs. Hattie Jane Papagna Carr, a homemaker of Baxter was pronounced deceased at 5:17 p.m. Saturday evening April 15, 2023 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she was admitted Friday morning April 14th suffering from cardiac distress after becoming gravely ill at her Dyer Ridge farm home. Mrs. Carr was 82. Pastor Lanny Thomas…
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